Famous Quotes & Sayings

That was his famous saying, ... He would never let them leave feeling like they had failed.

Linda Ronstadt

I wanted to sing when I was little. That's what I liked doing. It didn't occur to me that you became famous or anything like that.

Abraham Lincoln

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

Haywood Nelson

Hold on to that. You have an autograph. I'm going to be famous some day.

George Clooney

I do know something about the news world. I was sitting on the floors of newsrooms since I was seven years old, and I've been around them my whole life. I understand that someone looks at a story with famous people in it, and you want to put it out.

Willie Geist

It doesn't matter if you're famous or infamous. All that matters is you're a celebrity.

Tadashi Shoji

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.

Confucius

Men do not stumble over mountains, but over mole hills.

I didn't really watch 'Dallas,' so I wasn't as wowed by the idea of Patrick Duffy as Swedes were 'cause he's, like, the most famous guy in all of Sweden.

Sarah Hyland

I'm more of a homebody type. I don't want to look like I want to be in the public eye. I didn't become an actress to be famous.

I didn't write to be famous; I wrote to keep a record.

Anne Bradstreet

My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.

These sorts of ships are famous for having stability problems. We can't rule out anything at this stage.

Lisa Randall

The stuff we're really famous for was really lucky in a way.

Mae Whitman

People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.

James Purefoy

Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because they're very different routes.

Jennifer Grey

Practically everyone in Hollywood has a neighbor who's been famous, wants to be famous, is famous, has been married to someone famous, worked with someone famous, slept with someone famous, been blackmailed by someone famous.

Don't know about heaven, but it's true that there are some real monster players in hell! In fact, if I know anything about famous musicians, most of them will be sitting around muttering and grumbling and bitching about all the others.

Rachel Sklar

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.

The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'

I told myself to breathe, relax and take my time. We thought about the famous players and Pitt being unbeaten before the game but didn't once it started.

It's a great thing in recruiting, playing our first game on national television at a time when there is no other game. But I don't know if this game can get much bigger. Florida State and Miami kind of speaks for itself. Guys know if they want to be famous just make a big play in this game.

Samantha Morton

It's more important for me to feel content than to be famous.

Sam Claflin

A famous actor told me once - I don't want to name names, I hate that sort of thing - but I was at his house and he said, 'Are you on Twitter?' I said, 'Yes, I am.' And he said, 'There'll be one day when you'll have, like, five friends. And in the same day it'll go to five thousand.'

The most practical way to become famous is to survive a major tragedy.

Andrew Clements

There's so much made of the exceptional and the celebrity, the famous, and the wannabees.

Seth Rogen

Luckily, I think, I never really wanted to be famous, I just wanted to make movies.

Russell Crowe

'Swallow My Gift' is all about music being its own reward. I don't do it to become more famous; I don't do it to make money. I don't do it from an ego-driven point of view.

Maisie Williams

You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.

Corey Brewer

They all have famous fathers and nobody knows my dad. He's just a normal guy.

Tracy Kidder

The view from the summit of Mt. Holyoke has been one of the most famous landscapes in America. And yet, all these things are going on underneath.

The Victorians were very keen on turning them into ink wells and candlesticks and there are some of these around from famous old horses.

There's not a whole lot of famous people around here.